Tag: education
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business
For many people, the concept of artificial intelligence (A.I.) is still something related to the area of science fiction and fantasy. However, this image seems to be closer to fading into obscurity with every passing day as AI becomes more common in people’s everyday lives. Granted, its widespread adoption in society is a fairly new…
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Most Americans Say Racial Bias is a Problem in the Workplace. Can AI Help?
Majorities of white, black, Hispanic and Asian Americans say racial and ethnic bias in hiring practices and performance evaluations is a problem. But they differ over how big of a problem is, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted in December 2022. Some 64% of Black adults described bias…
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Reducing Income Inequality
How Much?…The extreme income (and other) inequalities in the United States and the world are not inevitable. However, effects to address income inequality must confront ideologies justifying inequality as the natural outcome of individual differences in skills, talent, and effort, ignoring structural causes. Some analysts have suggested that the poorest deciles could receive a larger…
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The Power of Partnering with HBCUs
In the face of financial and other hurdles, HBCUs have had an outsized impact on African-American success. HBCUs resourceful past points to an innovative future. Organizations can establish long-term investments in HBCUs, to everyone’s benefit. Students who attend these schools gain the skill development they need to succeed, and companies nurture the talent they need…
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The Psychological Toll of Student Debt
Well, the United States Supreme Court did it again. They ruled that President Biden’s student loan program where $20,000 of debt was to be forgiven will NOT be forgiven, leaving many former college students to continue on paying their debts in October of this year, for it was on pause due to the global pandemic.…
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Affirmative Action: The “Supreme” Aftermath
On Thursday, June 29th, 2023, The United States Supreme Court committed the most ridiculous act ever in their years of existence, and it all had to do with the future of education of minorities who benefitted from affirmative action, and all they wanted was to obtain a better education and the opportunities afforded them that…
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The Affirmative Action Policy as a Debatable Topic
Affirmative action policy is an action to provide rights and privileges to groups that have been previously been discriminated against based on race, color, nationality, creed and gender. The first attempt to eliminate all types of discrimination and social inequality in the united States was started by President John F. Kennedy when he signed Executive…
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What Am I Passionate About?
The one thing that I’m very passionate about is my financial affairs because when it comes to me handling money, I can be VERY careful and will do anything and everything in my power to keep from losing it and trying over and over again to regain it after all the hard work I put…